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Drumnadrochit consultation event on Loch Ness hydro project

GEE has proposed moving water between Loch Breac Dearga and Loch Ness.

The company said Loch Ness’ water levels would change by half an inch (1.4cm) when the scheme was operating.

There are two existing hydro schemes at Loch Ness – Glendoe, near Fort Augustus, and Foyers.

Other projects proposed for the Loch Ness area are:

Speaking to BBC Scotland News in January, Brian Shaw, director of the Ness District Salmon Fisheries Board, said the “iconic” Loch Ness should not be subjected to “an unregulated gold rush”.

He added: “Such dramatic, indeed astonishing, fluctuations in water levels will play havoc with the shoreline ecology, disrupt natural currents within the loch and potentially raise the temperature of Loch Ness.”


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